Dr.Allen Fox - Psychologist

Allen Fox earned a B.A. degree in physics and a Ph. D. in psychology
from UCLA where he won the NCAA Singles and Doubles titles. Dr. Fox wrote the
highly acclaimed books, “If I'm the Better Player, Why Can't I Win?” “Think to
Win,” “The Winner's Mind,” and his recent fourth book on tennis psychology,
“Tennis: Winning the Mental Match,” which has been endorsed on its cover by
Jose Higueras and Jay Berger, heads of player development and coaching for the
USTA.

Dr. Fox has consulted on the mental game with pros (including John
McEnroe, Dinara Safina, Justin Gimelstob, Dimitri Tursunov, and Sam Querrey)
and competitive players of all levels, and presently coaches Igor Kunitsyn
(highest world ranking of #35) on the ATP Tour. . He is an editor of Tennis
Magazine, travels worldwide to lecture, and for the past three years the Tennis
Channel has aired his popular 1-Minute Clinics on tennis psychology. He also
shares topical ideas and articles on his web site: allenfoxtennis.net.

With the same competitive zeal that propelled him to the number four
ranking in the United States, to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and a 3-time
member of the US Davis Cup Team, he became an investment banker and eventually
ran his own investment company in addition to running several successful small
businesses. Afterward, he coached the highly-ranked Pepperdine tennis team, mentoring,
among others, renowned coach, Brad Gilbert. Dr. Fox's Pepperdine teams were
ranked among the nation’s Top 5 teams for 10 consecutive years and reached 2
NCAA Team Finals.

When you feel good, you are apt to play well; conversely, when you feel bad, you are likely to play poorly. Sport psychologists talk about the need to control emotion on court, but what they mean by this is not simply suppressing emotions (like anger or depression). They refer instead to an optimum strategy by which players not only rid themselves of negative emotions but also to create positive ones.